Egypt’s new stamp duty on stock exchange transactions will come into effect in May and include for the first time a 0.3 percent levy for investors acquiring more than a third of a company’s stocks, deputy finance minister Amr al-Munayer said.
The finance ministry is targeting revenues of 1-1.5 billion Egyptian pounds ($54.8 million-$82.2 million) in the first year of the new tax, he told Reuters. The duty will also be applied to purchases of treasury bills and bonds, he said.
Egypt to introduce stamp duty in May, targets 1-1.5 bln pounds in revenues
